Manufacture of skins for fur coats



Aug. 13, 1929. B. GREENBERG ET MANUFACTURE OF SKINS FOR FUR COATS Filed May 12, 1927 Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

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BENJAMIN GREENBERG- AND MORRI$ TARIiTOFF, OF YORK,

MANUFACTURE OF SKINS FOR FURi GOATS.

Application filed May 12,

This invention relates generally to the manufacture of fur coats, and has more particular reference to a novel. method of cutting and arranging the skins therefor.

The invention has for an object the provision of a method of cutting and arranging the skins of a rabbit for the purpose of producing furs for the malulfacture of fur coats of a relative light colour when com nired with the entire rabbits skin.

The invention has for a further object the provision of a method of cutting and arran ing the skins of a fur coat for the purpose of making an imitation squirrel coat, which can be mamijlfactured and sold. at a very reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention and of the objects an d. advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. l is a plan view of a rabbit skin, with dot-dash lines thereon indicating the cutting thereof according to the invention method.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the two portions cut from the skin seen in Fig. l sewed together.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows the utilization of the skins of Fig. 2 in the formation of material for the coat.

The reference numeral 10 indicates a rab" bits skin having a neck portion 11, tail portion 12, paw portions 13, back 14 and belly portions 15.

Practically without exception, the belly portions of rabbits are of a light color, and very similar to squirrel skins. The instant invention takes advantage of this fact by cutting the skin along dot-dash lines 16, that is, including the belly portions and a portion of the back 14, and of such shape so as to substantiate halt a squirrels skin.

As shown in Fig. 2, these portions are next sewn together along the cut lines 16, by

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means of stitches 17. The skin thus produced resembles a squirrel skin inasmuch as it is of a relatively light color, has a back portion l l, lighter colored belly portioi'is l5, paws l3, and a head portion 11. A rl'lbberizcd strip of material may be secured to the back of the skin.

The complete skins of Fig. 2 may be indicated by inui'leral 18 for a simple understanding of Fig. .1-. In this figure a plurality of these skins 18 are shown joined together along their edges to form the material. of the coat, and then the hairs of the fur are cut to the same lengths.

While we have illustrated and described (5 our invention with some degree of particularity, we realize that in practice various altel'ations therein may be made. lVe therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the relation of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A method of making fur skins for use in the manufacture of fur coats comprising the longitudinal cutting of strips of skins from a rabbit skin, said strips comprising a longitudinal back section and an adjacent longitudinal belly section, and sewing of said strips together with the longitudinal. back sections thereof adjacent each other for providing a composite strip having light longitudinal edge portions and a dark intermediate portion for resembling a complete skin of a lighter shade than the said rabbit skin.

2. A method of making fur skins for use in the manufacture of fur coats comprising cutting of a longitudinal strip of skin from one side of a rabbit skin, said strip comprising substantially equal longitudiiml sections of the belly portion of that side of tiCl rabbit skin and the adjacent back portion. of said rabbit skin, the cuttitng of a longitudinal strip from the other side of said rabbit skin comprising substantially equal sections of .the belly portion of the other side of said skin and the adjacent back portion thereof, 100

and sewing of said strips together for resembling a complete skin of a lighter shade than the said rabbit skin.

3. A method of making fur skins for use in the manufacture of fur coats comprising cutting of a longitudinal strip of skin from one side of a rabbit skin, said strip comprising substantially equal longitudinal sections of the belly portion of that side of said rabbit skin and the adjacent back port-ion of said rabbit skin, the cutting of a longitudinal strip from the other side of said'rabbit skin comprising substantially equal sections of the belly portion of the other side of said skin and the adjacent back portion thereof, and sewing of said strips together, with the edges of the back section thereof attached to each other for resembling a complete skin forming goods for a coat.

5. A method of making fur skins for use in the manufacture of fur coats comprising cutting of the side portions of a rabbit skin intermediate the longitudinal extremities of the belly portion of one side thereof, cutting of the same side of said skin intermediate the back portion thereof for forming a strip comprising a longitudinal section of light fur from the belly portion of said skin and an adjacent integral section of dark fur from the back portion thereof, cutting of the other side of said rabbit skins intermediate the longitudinal extremities of the belly portion thereof, cutting of the second mentioned side of said skin intermediate the back portion thereof for forming a strip comprising a longitudinal section of light for from the belly portion of said skin and an adjacent integral longitudinal section of dark fur from the back portion thereof, and stitching of said strips together with the dark section attached to each other for forming a composite strip having a dark middle portion and light side portion for resembling a complete skin of a lighter shade than the said rabbit skin.

6. Goods for the manufacture of fur coats comprising a plurality of composite strips of fur stitched together, each composite strip comprising two strips of rabbit skin each having a longitudinal section of dark coloredv fur and an adjacent integral longitudinal section oflight colored fur stitched together, with the section of dark colored fur attached together for forming fur goods of a relative lighter colour than when made from complete rabbit skins.

In testimony whereof We have aiiixed our signatures.

BENJAMIN GREENBERG. MORRIS TARNOFF. 

